Back to School Night

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Back to School Night

• Wednesday, September 15, 2016

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Welcome and Introductions

• Dr. Gresham - Principal

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Goals

• Goals
• To provide parents and community members with
  overview of REACH!
• Partnership program offerings and school
  operations.
• To inform parents and community members about
  strategic initiatives
• To provide parents, teachers, and students with
  the opportunity to
• briefly discuss instructional goals and
  classroom expectations
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Agenda
Welcome and Introductions - Principal Dr. James
Gresham Logistics REACH! Program
Offerings 2016-17 School Budget, School
Performance Data Strategic initiatives Parent
Involvement Plan Meet with Classroom Teachers
630-645 Period 1 645-700 Period 2 700-715
Period 3 715-730 Period 4 730-745 Period
5 Visit Information Tables 745 -800
Atrium Dismissal 
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REACH! Partnership School Overview

• Introduction
• In its 9th year, REACH is a transformation
  school for students in grades 9-12
• Operated by Civic Works
• Approximately 600 student enrolled
• REACH! Vision
• REACH! Partnership Schools vision is to graduate
  all young men and women who enter REACH! To not
  only be prepared and motivated to pursue
  post-secondary education without remediation but
  who also have the entry level skills to prepare
  for a rewarding career in the fields health care,
  construction, homeland security and the U. S.
  military.
• Goal
• To provide our students with life-long career
  options, a sense of community, respect for
  themselves and others

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REACH! Partnership School Overview

• Key Partnerships
• YouthBuild USA
• They have awarded us grant money to help our
  students transition to college or apprenticeship
  programs.
• Baltimore City Community College
• Qualifying REACH students are dual enrolled and
  leave with college credits
• AmeriCorps
• Provides advocates to work in school to support
  students and REACH operations
• Has provided our 12h graders with scholarship
  money!
• Towson State University
• Morgan State University
• Community College of Baltimore County

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REACH! Partnership School Overview

• CTE Programs
• Health Care
• Pre Nursing
• Pharmacy
• Construction
• Electrical
• Carpentry
• College Ready Programs
• Dual Enrollment
• Homeland Security
• JROTC 
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REACH! Partnership School Overview

• Operations
• Students must wear school uniform daily
• Uniforms-royal blue polo shirts with the REACH
  logo and khaki colored shorts, pants, or skirt. 
• Eighth graders wear black polo shirts. 
• Note Shirts can be purchased at Joe Manns
  Awards or Hermans on Greenmount Avenue. 

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Daily Schedule
Regular School Schedule
Time Period
815 AM - 845 AM Entry/Breakfast
845 AM - 955 AM Period One
955 AM - 1005 AM Homeroom
1009 AM - 1119 AM Period Two
1123 AM - 1153 AM First Lunch
1157 AM - 107 PM Period Three
or or
1123 AM - 1233 PM Period Three
1237 PM 107 PM Second Lunch
111 PM - 221 PM Period Four
225 PM - 335 PM Period Five
70 minute periods- 4 minute transition
Early Release Schedule
Two-Hour Delay
Time Period
815 AM - 845 AM Entry
845 AM - 930 AM Period One
933 AM - 1018 AM Period Two
1021 AM - 1106 AM Period Three
1109 AM - 1154 AM Period Four
1157 AM -1242 PM Period Five
1242 PM-112 PM LUNCH/DISMISSAL
Time Period
1045 AM - 1130 AM Period One
1130 AM - 1145 AM Homeroom
1148 AM - 1233 PM Period Two
1236 PM - 106 PM First Lunch
109 PM - 154 PM Period Three
or or
1236 PM - 121 PM Period Three
124 - 154 Second Lunch
157 PM - 242 PM Period Four
245 PM - 335 PM Period Five
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Student Involvement
SPORTS
EXTRA CURRICULARS

• Fall Sports
• J.V. AND VARSITY FOOTBALL
• GIRLS AND BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
• J.V. AND VARSITY VOLLEYBALL
• SOCCER
• Winter Sports
• J.V. AND VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL
• J.V. AND VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL
• WRESTLING
• INDOOR TRACK
• DANCE
• BOCCE BALL 
• Spring Sports
• BADMINTON
• LACROSSE
• BASEBALL
• SOFTBALL
• TRACK AND FIELD

• Activities
• CHEERLEADING
• MODELING
• ROBOTICS
• SGA
• HOMECOMING DANCE
• CLASS-SPONSORED ACTIVITIES

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Budget
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SY16-17 Strategic Plan

• Theme Moving from good to great

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SY16-17 Strategic Plan

• How Do We Move From Being A Good School, To
  Being A Great School?
• All good-to-great companies began the process
  of finding a path to greatness by confronting the
  brutal facts of their current reality.
• Jim Collins

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• Priorities and Goals
• Attendance
• Improve overall attendance rate by 5
• Achievement
• Improve academic achievement in Math
• Improve academic achievement in ELA
• Improve pass rates on Biology and Government
• HSA
• Increase the number of students taking Honors
• courses
• Improve graduation rates by 5
• Increase parent engagement in PTO
• College and Career Readiness
• Increase number of students enrolled in early
• college access program by 5

• Strategy
• Use data to develop priorities SMART Goals
• Attendance
• Achievement
• College and Career Readiness
• Climate
• Parent Engagement

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Whats New for 2016-17?
New

• You spoke and we listened!

• 5 Period Day/70 minute period
• New interactive boards
• Additional wi-fi coverage
• Ids and lockers
• Building Security
• Uniform enforcement
• Outward Bound

• Morgan State intern
• U of Md. intern
• Teacher Support Team
• Student Support Team
• Additional honors sections
• AP Statistics
• REACH! App
• Infinite Campus

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School Support Teams
New

• Student Support Team

• Support for Students!
• Review Pass/Fail reports and other data to
  identify struggling students
• Review student attendance to implement schools
  attendance policy
• Review Teacher referrals for struggling students
• Coordinate facilitate and document meeting with
  parents, teachers, and struggling students
• Work in conjunction with Teacher Support Team to
  support students
• Participate in ILT Meeting

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School-wide Instructional Strategies

• Classroom Environment Look Fors

• Reading across disciplines
• Writing across disciplines
• Annotated text
• Cornell Notes
• Socratic Seminar
• Exit Tickets

• Remediation Monday
• PARCC questions of the day
• Data dialogue
• Differentiation of instruction

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SY16-17 Strategic Plan

• Create A Culture of Excellence in Teaching and
  Learning
• Instruction and Assessments
• Develop strategic plan for testing and sharing
  results with teachers, students and parents.
• Must be deliberate and intentional with
  instruction
• Instructional Framework
• Increase parental involvement
• Strategic initiatives to support school needs

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iReady Growth Assessment
Testing Windows
REACH will administer first week of BOY and Last
week of MOY testing window.
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Students -Access to their own achievement
data -Set and monitor goals -Plan proactively for
college and career readiness -Improved engagement
through targeted instruction -Provides common
language for articulating achievement with
parents/teachers/principals/district
Parents -Compare students growth with norms -Use
tools and strategies to support students
achievement -Advocate for students academic
needs -Plan proactively for college and career
readiness -Provides common language for
articulating achievement with students/teachers/pr
incipals/district
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Parent Engagement

• Parent Portal

REACH! School App

• Coming Soon!
• www.BaltimoreCitySchools.org/341
• Sign up to be a part of our PTO
• Visit our community resource table for
  information.

• Receive regular updates

• Everything you need to know about our school
• --If you have a phone or a tablet, everything is
  within

School Website
Join Our PTO
Reach Partnership
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REACH! Partnership School

• Important Dates
• September 8 30 Grade 9-12 ELA and Math iReady
  testing
• September 12 4th Annual REACH! Partnership Golf
  Tournament
• September 15 - Back to School Night
• September -28 PD Early Release Day for Students
• September 19 October 7 Accuplacer for all
  seniors
• October 1 SAT administration
• October 1 Civic Works/REACH Day of Service
• October 1 FASFA available
• October 19 Grades 10-12 PSAT administration
• November 5 SAT administration (all seniors)
• December 10 ACT testing
• January HSA Biology and Government

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Parent Survey
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Key Contacts and Information

• Dr. James Gresham - Principal
• JGresham_at_bcps.k12.md.us
• Mr. Frednardo Davis Assistant Principal
• FDDavis_at_bcps.k12.md.us
• Mr. Michael Brown Assistant Principal
• MBrown07_at_bcps.k12.md.us
• Ms. Taylor Coursey Guidance Counselor
• TLcoursey_at_bcps.k12.md.us4
• Ms. Karen Starliper Guidance Counselor
• KDStarliper_at_bcps.k12.md.us
• Phone [phone]
• Address 2801 St Lo Dr, Baltimore MD 21213
• Website Baltimorecityschools.org

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Thank You REACH! Parents